'View of Nuneham Courtenay from the Thames, with a Barge in the Foreground', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

View of Nuneham Courtenay from the Thames, with a Barge in the Foreground

From Oxford Sketchbook

Turner Bequest II

Date c.1789

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 160 x 249 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D00022

Turner Bequest II 10

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 10 Recto:

View of Nuneham Courtenay from the Thames, with a Barge in the Foreground c.1789

D00022
Turner Bequest II 10

Pencil on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘10’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘II 10’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

See folio 6 recto (D00016). Compare the finished watercolour of the same view (Tate D00002; Turner Bequest I B), dated 1787, and see the introductory note to this sketchbook. There are pin- or divider-holes along the top and bottom edges of the sheet, from the squaring on folio 11 recto (D00023); see also folio 12 recto (D00024).

Verso:

Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.